You say you’re supposed to be nice to the Episcopalians and the Presbyterians and the Methodists and this, that, and the other thing. Nonsense, I don’t have to be nice to the spirit of the Antichrist.
Pat Robertson (1930-2023) American politician and televangelist
The 700 Club broadcast (1991-01-14)
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The earliest documentation of this quote I can find is in David Cantor, The Religious Right: The Assault on Tolerance & Pluralism in America, Sec. 1, ch. 1 (1994).
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The feminist agenda is not about equal rights for women. It is about a socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians.
Pat Robertson (1930-2023) American politician and televangelist
Fund-raising letter to Christian Coalition members in Iowa (1992-07)
The letter urged supporters to vote down Iowa's state Equal Rights Amendment (the referendum failed that November).
More discussion of this quotation:Frequently misattributed to his speech at the 1992 GOP Presidential Convention.
- Did Pat Robertson Say Feminism Encourages Women to "Kill Their Children"? | Snopes.com
- ROBERTSON LETTER ATTACKS FEMINISTS - The New York Times
- EQUAL RIGHTS INITIATIVE IN IOWA ATTACKED - The Washington Post